diamond jim
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Depends on your definition of "others". Since over half my daily riding is rural country roads, the volume over stock is great for clearing the ever present varmint on and along the roadsides. I usually see their hind ends as they're scurrying into the brush as opposed to a last second split for safety that I experienced with the stock can. Mine's medium loud. On a scale of 1-10 with stock being 1 and straight open pipe being 10, mine's about a 6-7. It's also a nice quality motorcycle sound, not the angry lawnmower noise that results from poorly designed and executed exhaust mods. And the idea that sound doesn't project forward? Hogwash. You can tell when things up ahead react to the sound before you get there. Why waste money on those "deaf child" signs then if they can't hear you coming anyways. Besides varmint, stray dogs, cats, people riding their bikes, people just over the hill checking their mail at the roadside mailbox, road crews just around the corner directing traffic, etc. Come to think of it, I hear motorcycles all the time. I know I hear them a heck of a lot more often than I don't. When I hear one, I look around to see what kind of bike it is and whether I know the rider or not. I figure for everyone I didn't hear, there where another 15 that I did.
It certainly makes me and a lot of "others" safer. If a scooter exhaust works for you then go for it.
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